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Manage Your Stress Effectively
Manage Your Stress Effectively – Reclaim Your Happiness You are under stress if you are not in your naturally joyful state of being. There are many underlying factors causing stress in ones life, but every factor is a result of the 3 critical factors mentioned below: Relationship: You are in an uncomfortable relationship with a significant…
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Special Self Care Ritual
Special Self Care Ritual Rituals are mindful, creative set of action steps with a purpose that provide us with meaning in our lives by driving our focused attention to a set of actions that are mentally, emotionally and physically satisfying and produce beneficial results. Due to complete clarity in every step of the ritual, it…
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Yoga And Weight Management
Yoga And Weight Management Whoever has heard of yoga is also very well aware of its mental benefits. It is very well recognized as a stress-releaser, and its calming effects. It is also widely known for its ability to increase flexibility, balance and stamina through the beautiful yoga asanas, but only the regularly practicing yogins are aware…
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Success Comes From Planning Ahead
Success Comes From Planning Ahead To achieve whatever we truly want from the very core of our being, it is important that we plan our work and then work our plan. 2015 is 3 weeks away! As always I am very aware and am busy planning and working. A very simple but critical tool towards…
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Be Happy!
Be Happy! Happiness and joy can be brought into ones life by following very basic life philosophies. Be you. Inculcate habits that you like in others. Love Yourself. When you better yourself in every aspect of your life, loving yourself becomes automatic. Laugh often. Laughing releases happy chemicals in the body and keeps you joyful. Sleep…
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Gentle Yoga
Gentle Yoga It is with great pleasure I am writing this post, for 2014 is the year I visited my parents in India and it urged me to introduce Gentle Yoga at Wellness Haven. My mom is 75 and my dad is 83. I knew that both had started doing Gentle Stretches on recommendation form their…
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Too Busy For Yoga?
Too Busy For Yoga? “I am very busy!” “I am very busy! I really want to but I do not have any time.” “I am very busy! I also believe in yoga, but I do not have the time!” If you are someone who catches herself saying one or more of the phrases above, it…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving There is so much in life to be thankful for always. It is gratitude that enables us to live a joyful life. The 5 things that stand tall on my list are: 1. Health: Without health I would not be able to serve my family or my community. 2. Family: Without the…
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Simple Stretches For Everyone
Simple Stretches For Everyone There are many who come to Wellness Haven wondering if they will be able to start exercising their bodies that they have not done in years. When we introduce them to our Gentle Yoga Class, they are left happily surprised at how 1 hour of exercising leaves them exhilarated and happily…
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Correcting Your Posture
Correct Your Posture With Yoga Posture is critical to a healthy human. You may ask, “Why?” We have all grown up being admonished at some point or another about our posture. Posture is the body’s correct alignment and positioning of muscles, ligaments and joints with respect to the gravitational force in all body positions, whether it…
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Extended Puppy Pose
Extended Puppy Pose / Uttana Shishosana Extended Puppy Pose / Uttana Shishosana or Melting Heart Pose can be done either from a Child’s Pose or from a Downward dog Pose and is very effective in stretching the spine in either of the 2 variations. To learn more about these classes: https://www.wellnesshaven.com/wellness-haven-yoga-classes/ Benefits: Extended Puppy Pose is very…
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Can I Do Yoga?
Can I Do Yoga? The word ‘yoga’ has become very widely known in the recent times, and rightly so for its innumerable benefits. Many are wondering and questioning, “Can I do yoga?” and my response is “Yes, you can!” Yoga is not about being in a pose, but it is about being with yourself,…